- Serve as a subject-matter expert on ethics, design, and methods, educating and advising Habitat staff
- Provide direction on the engagement of Institutional Review Boards and oversee related policies and procedures
- Oversee the design, planning, and implementation of evaluations and multi-year studies including ethical considerations, the collection, cleaning, and analysis of primary and secondary data
- Manage concurrent evaluations and studies including managing consultancies associated with these Support the network in accessing key evidence
- Conduct meta-evaluations, aggregating findings and assessing the quality of evaluations.
- Review and synthesize learning from evaluations and studies into recommendations, presentations, and papers
- Communicate results through reporting findings for knowledge products and decision making, not limited to soliciting stakeholder feedback, writing up findings for briefs, papers, and/or presentations Capacity development
- Develop evaluation and research criteria, guidance, and quality assurance for the Habitat network
- Support the network in building evaluations into programs, developing TORs, recruiting consultants
- Support capacity development across the Habitat network to manage quality evaluations Leadership in definition and documentation of research
- Lead a collaborative process with key stakeholders across the network to develop of Habitat’s International Research Agenda
- Ensure International Research Agenda allows us to demonstrate Habitat’s impact and its progress in achieving our International Theory of Change
- Drive evaluations and studies that support the International Research Agenda Nurture collaborative partnerships and resources to fulfil Habitat’s International Research Agenda
- Scope and broker working relationships with evaluation and research partners
- Recruit Habitat entities and implementing partners to participate in evaluations and studies
- Identify local researchers, evaluators, and institutions with whom to collaborate
- Develop concept notes and proposals for specific evaluations and studies and collaborate with RD to identify funding opportunities
- Communicate effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders, not limited to National Offices, HFHI staff, and research partners
- Participate in HFHI relevant communities of practice and collaborate with counterparts within HFHI network as required
- Establish an external network of organizations and individual experts for joint projects and contractual work
- Present HFHI evaluations and evidence to external forums and build and maintain network linkages
- Master’s Degree +10 years relevant experience or PhD + 6 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience with mixed methods approaches and evaluation design and implementation, including quantitative and qualitative data collection (designing, piloting, and administering of instruments) and analysis and sampling approaches
- Experience setting up and running multi-year quasi-experimental studies (Impact evaluation a plus)
- Strong quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis skills and expertise and experience with statistical software packages (e.g. Stata, SAS, SPSS or R) or qualitative data analysis software (e.g., MaxQDA, NVivo or AtlasTi)
- Experience using innovative participatory approaches to evaluation and research
- Experience with culturally responsive approaches to evaluation
- Experience in translating complex study findings into user-friendly and compelling communication materials and communicating findings concisely and effectively to a wide range of audiences
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Comfortable working both independently and in team environments
- Able to build and maintain strong collaborative relationships in a federated network
- Diplomatic and culturally sensitive
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Active support of HFHI Values: Humility – We are part of something bigger than ourselves Courage – We do what’s right, even when it is difficult or unpopular Accountability – We take personal responsibility for Habitat’s mission